Gauchos Finish 14th at Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational

UC Santa Barbara senior Amanda Moreno ran a
16:48 to finish 11th out of 194 runners at the Notre Dame
Invitational on Friday. Moreno's effort led the Gauchos to a
14th-place finish out of 24 teams.

UCSB 368 points to finish two points behind Iowa, the 13th-place
team. Villanova, the nation's top-ranked team, won the meet with 64
points. Oregon, which is ranked fifth nationally, finished second
with 118 points and Florida State, the No. 2 team, finished third
with 129 points.

One other Gaucho, senior Breanne
Strenkowski ran a 17:24 over the 5K course to finish in
40th-place. The only other UCSB runner to finish among the top-100
was senior Crystal
Reed who clocked a 17:51 to finish 77th.